Hello again...It's Francheesh - The Czar of the Annual Howlett Oscar Pool. This is your honorary invitation to join the 8th annual Oscar Pool (9th annual if you are a Howlett).
Here is my annual rant...View MoreHello again...It's Francheesh - The Czar of the Annual Howlett Oscar Pool. This is your honorary invitation to join the 8th annual Oscar Pool (9th annual if you are a Howlett).
Here is my annual rant that you have been looking forward to. Admit it!
But go to the bottom of this email if you want to skip this – I'll get over it - the entry info is below.
This year I am nominating a new Oscar's category (not really) Darkest/Least fun Best Picture...or Worst Best Picture.
This year two Nominees: Joker (the most oscar nominations 11 - so I'm a lunatic) & Marriage Story. As you may know, I am a very jolly galss half full pollyanna kind of guy...but both of these movies, which are up for best picture, were pretty bleak...yes? Is it entertaining when I can't wait for it to be over?
Honorable mention in this category - The Lighthouse. 91% on Rotten Tomatoes...so it easiiy coulda been nominated for BP.
I know a few of you disagree with me here...and I admit The Lighthouse had some ingenious effects - the spooky mermaid, a stubborn seagull, a few farts...and Willem (not mispelled) Dafoe is great but if you haven't seen it, you have escaped potential psychological trauma. I saw it and I need to see a shrink. I want those two hours back!! AND (warning: quick skip to the next paragraph)I dragged my wife and two friends to this movie because I have a thing of not watching trailers/knowing anything about a movie before seeing it...I just check reviews - and the Lighthouse reviews were good - so burnt again by this quirk of mine (D&D I apologize again)...but why would you want to know what a movie is about before seeing it? I don't get why anyone would watch a trailer...ok sorry - it's a rant.
I made a "quick" list of snubs: Apollo 11 (this isn't on the list for documentary?!) ...booksmart (released in may so maybe forgotten / maybe too young / a FUN movie)...the last black man in SanFrancisco (a great movie - somebody on the academy should go to jail)
rolling thunder review (Bob Dylan documentary-I see noise about too many Dylan movies? This was terrific.)...mike wallace is here (again documentary jeez great why??)...Ad Astra (was I the only one who saw this movie?)...gloria bell (simple Julianne Moore/John Turturro c'mon)..everybody knows (not dark enough?).
An obvious one - I haven't yet seen Little Women but how do they not nominate Greta Gerwig - obviously a great job directing with the twist in the story and an opportunity to nominate a talented woman don't get it.
I really should go back and delete some of this drivel (I know-Joker is good) but I'm tired and need to go to bed
Feel free to email respond and rebutt (that's not a real word) or post something on the Osacrs website....ok end of rant.
Here is the list or previous year's winners (Year Overall Winner / Best Howlett):
2013 Keren Daskin / Francheesh
2014 Doug Giombarrese(Who?) / Natalie
2015 Joey / Joey
2016 Natalie / Natalie
2017 Lisa Legato-Howlett / LLH
2018 George Rigakos / Natalie
2019 Julia Baker / Joey
I am considering adjusting Natalie's score as she has insider Hollywood information out there which is unfair to the rest of us (she a 4 time winner - Sign Stealing Nat?!)
As I type this, Ellen "Red Carpet" Miller-Gilcrest is about to give birth to her 1st baby. Last year she finished a close 2nd to the formidable Julia Baker. Ellen always a runner up in this pool, but with this baby magic certainly makes Ellen a favorite for this year's crown dontchathink?
Other contenders - Lorren Elkins who tied for 2nd last year, and Joey (5th and defending Howlett champ)
Claire Howlett & Sabri are not very good at this.
OK FINALLY here are Pool the details:
I am on TheOfficePoll.com again - for a small fee they do most of the work and is available for real-time updates during the Oscars.
So go register, join the Pool, make your picks
Here's how:
-- Go to www.theofficepool.com and Register (or login with last year's ID/password)
BTW please no Techie emails...I am not tech support unless you are buying ReInsurance (don't ask)...If you can't remember your id/pswd from last year create a new one I guess?
-After creating a username and password (you can use last years if you remember it),
-Type in Poolname "Francheesh Oscar Pool 2020" and password "pesci" and submit.
-- Now you are a registered user, you can make your picks, look at the rankings/results/talk "smack".
Simply choose what you'd like to see from the 'Oscar' menu!
Click on the 'Guidelines Page' link on the home page to review the Pool Rules and Good Luck!!!!
PRIZES:
Winner gets $20 - (Acceptance of this money is Mandatory - The Kerin Daskin Rule)
Howlett winner gets the coveted best Howlett Oscar trophy!
As always this pool is mandatory to Howletts and significant others
Here is the scoring - Category-Points (changed slightly from last year - more points for actual movies)
Best Picture:8
Directing:5
Actor in a leading role:5
Actress in a leading role:5
Actor in a supporting role:4
Actress in a supporting role:4
Animated Feature:3
Art Direction:1
Cinematography:2
Adapted Screenplay:2
Original Screenplay:2
Costume Design:2
Documentary Feature:3
Documentary Short:3
Film Editing:2
Foreign Language Film:3
Music (Original Score):2
Music (Original Song):3
Makeup:1
Short Film (animated):3
Short Film (live action):3
Sound Editing:1
Sound Mixing:1
Visual Effects:1
And we're using the website's Tiebreaker = The total number of minutes the show will run past 10:30PM EST. Be sure to enter this number!!
OK? Ready? "Good Luck"
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